There have been timeless musicians throughout history whose hands seem to be guided by unseen forces. Possessing unexplainable musical genius, the exquisite beauty of their songs has delighted and mystified audiences the world over, somehow connecting us closer to heaven. Peter Sterling is one such musical treasure. A harpist of world-class skill, Peter's eclectic music continues to touch the lives of thousands around the world. Devoted listeners over the years have consistently reported greater peace, spiritual visions, and even miraculous healings while listening to Peter's heavenly albums, suggesting the astonishing potential of his uncanny musical gifts.
A precious few can claim the musical foundations that led Peter to play the harp. His unusual and inspiring story truly began during a series of life-altering divine encounters while living outdoors in the peaceful solitude of Sedona, Arizona's Red Rock canyons. Spending countless hours at its sacred vortex sites practicing yoga and meditation amidst the brilliant scenery and vast silence, Peter one day experienced a genuine spiritual vision of angelic beings in a heavenly choir surrounding him. In this profound vision, Peter saw himself strumming a harp and allowing divine music to flow through him. Although Peter showed considerable musical talent as a child, having played the piano by ear and then dabbling with the flute and guitar over the years, music had not been a prevalent part of his life. Overwhelmed by the grandeur of this angelic experience, Peter waited for the next series of synchronicities to guide his choices.
Only a week later, Peter happened to meet an accomplished harpist who was selling a Celtic harp. Quickly acquiring the instrument and receiving one brief music lesson, Peter retreated back to the canyons where he humbly beseeched the heavens atop a red rock peak to allow the music of the harp to flow through him. Almost immediately his prayers were answered as he began to instinctively strum chords and simple melodies. "It was as if my hands knew what to do," Peter said. It wasn't long before the beginning melodies matured into distinct songs, closely resembling the heavenly tones he once heard among the silence of the canyons.
Incredibly, Peter recorded his first album, "Harp Magic" after a mere ten months with the harp, demonstrating a skill-level most experts would consider impossible after such a brief time. Nevertheless, this is the "magic" of Peter's remarkable story. Harp Magic went on to be nominated for the "Naird Indie Award" for best string album of 1994 (a national honor).
Now ten years later Peter's cd "Harp Dreams" went to ....1 on the N.A.R. top 100 radio playlist for 8 weeks in 2004 making it the most played new age cd in the United States, Canada and Europe. It was then nominated for "Album of the Year" by the same organization! As a result Peter signed with the prestigious record label "Real Music" for the world wide release of his latest work "Shadow, Mist and Light". His earlier celestial sounds have evolved into a contemporary instrumental mix of world fusion, with an impressive advancement in his melodies complexity, groove, and inspirational quality, sounding at once seductive, hip, and angelic.
Peter's music and presence are frequently requested around the world, especially by best-selling authors and spiritual teachers like Neale Donald Walsch, Doreen Virtue Ph.D., and James Van Praagh. Recently featured on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Peter's music continues to broaden in its appeal. Offering flavors of jazz, classical, world music, and New Age styles, Peter's music can be as rhythmic as it is healing. Peter tours North America extensively, bringing his healing music to workshops, expos, and also hospitals and nursing homes where he continues to explore the field of sound therapy with the sick and elderly. Peter is also a guide to the sacred sites of Sedona and an accomplished stained glass artist. He currently resides in Santa Monica, California.
Sit back, prop your legs up, turn up your speakers, and enjoy.....thank you dear robbin and penelope for sending this to me so I can share to some of my friends...peace and love, jackie
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Look at what one of my wonderful myspace friends did for me….he is Chef Rove….one of my top 40 since I started myspace…I wanted to share this with you….it’s a fun picture he put together…..i am so thankful for his friendship and his lovely gift to me....peace, Jackie
Hi Peter Sterling ... from Scot... Gatewhey has just changed to Shaman Strings. http://www.myspace.com/ShamanStrings Please enjoy a starting Video, "Ground." (see in HD)
Only one more day for Obama to start changing our country and the world in a true presidentially way....the way it should be....he will do MORE....have faith....he is becoming the great “unifier”......i will defiantly be super proud to be an American for the first time in 8 years....yes, I know my last statement will make some of you upset, but I ONLY write the truth. Love, Jackie
For all of my younger myspace friends, if you would like to see what 1969 looked like for me, take a look at the photo below....can ya dig my “bangs” and the eyebrows....lol..lol...my husband, jimmy with hair.....our daughter, kimberly as a baby....she is now 40 years young....and of course me....i had just had my hair cut and wanted to die because of the short hair....but, I was a young mother trying to act like it....i realized shortly I had to be me, and when I decided to be me, I had more fun....jimmy and I divorced after 3 years of marriage, but roughly 7 or 8 years later remarried....long story....get a good laugh at the photo...i would love to view you at a younger age...enjoy and laugh...peace and love, jackie
p.s. “question authority” (thanks ghost for the reminder)
Well, I am back from my heart procedure from the hospital. It was rather interesting in an odd way. Thank God my heart is indeed healthy. This thoroughly surprised both the doctor and myself. we couldn't believe it based on my symptoms. So, I have some other options to look at.....i thank everyone who prayed, danced, sprinkled fairy dust, kissed positive thoughts through the air, who hugged trees and the air for me, or simply thought of me....and thank you for your birthday wishes....thank you you you you!!!! so, bottom line about my heart is from a famous song......”and the beat goes on”..... sonny and cher.....the beat goes on jackie!!!! yeah!!!!!! please double click and enjoy “the beat goes on”....dedicated to ME TODAY!!!!! :o) AGAIN, I thank you all so much!!! double click on below youtube
Hi Peter, I hope you had a lovely Christmas :-) I wish you all the very best for the new year. May it be a blessed year for you and your loved ones! Light & Love, Inga
May peace fill all the empty spaces around you and in you! May contentment answer all your wishes! May comfort be yours, warm and soft like a sigh. And may the coming year show you that every day is really a first day, a new year.
Let abundance be your constant companion, so that you have much to share. May mirth be near you always, like a lamp shining brightly on the many paths you travel.
....Our Max says hello to you all and says happy holidays....Max also wanted me to send you a couple of pictures of him as a gift to you....isn't Max so handsome???? :O) Max is so excited about the holidays....yes, he receives gifts.....peace and tons of love, jackie and Max p.s. As you can see, Max has a little bit of a drinking problem...lol